Aris Thessaloniki

AC Aris Thessaloniki

Full name	Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Άρης Θεσσαλονίκης
Nicknames	God of War
Founded	25 March 1914 as Football Club Aris Thessaloniki
Colours	Yellow, Black
Anthem	Aris Niketes (Ares Victorious)
Chairman	Lefteris Arvanitis
Titles	European Titles: 3 Balkan Titles: 1
Website	Club home page

Active departments of AC Aris Thessaloniki
Football (Men's) Football (Women's) Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's) Wheelchair basketball Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's) Handball (Men's) Handball (Women's) Water Polo Swimming Athletics Ice hockey Baseball Softball Cycling Chess Korfball Boxing Judo Wrestling Fencing Weightlifting

Nikiphoros, Kostas and Kleanthis Vikelidis (1930)

Old poster with the champion team of Aris Thessaloniki (1931–32 season)

Kleanthis Vikelides Stadium

Nikos Galis, the legendary player of Aris B.C.. FIBA Hall of Fame inaugural inductee and widely regarded as one of the all-time greatest players in both European and FIBA International basketball history.

Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki^[1] (Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Άρης Θεσσαλονίκης), is a major Greek multi-sport club founded on 25 March 1914 in Thessaloniki.

Nicknamed God of War, Aris was one of the strongest Greek clubs during the Interwar period with champion teams in football, basketball and water polo. Until nowadays maintains a remarkable tradition in basketball, while "established" the sport in the country with the great star player Nikos Galis and the team of the 1980s, which was voted as the best Greek team of the 20th century.

Departments[]

Aris is considered to be one of the most important Greek sport clubs and today maintains departments in many sports, including:

• Aris FC - Football
• Aris BC - Basketball
• Aris Volleyball Club - Volleyball
• Aris Water Polo - Water Polo
• Aris Baseball - Baseball
• Aris Ice Hockey - Ice Hockey

Honours[]

Football[]

• Super League Greece
  • Winners (3): 1927–28, 1931–32, 1945–46
  • Runners-up (4): 1922–23, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1979–80
• Greek Cup
  • Winners (1): 1969–70
  • Runners-up (8): 1931–32, 1932–33, 1939–40, 1949–50, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10
• Greater Greece Cup (Defunct)
  • Winners (1): 1971

Basketball[]

• Greek League

Winners (10): 1929–30, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91

Runners-up (8): 1928-29, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1983-84

• Greek Cup

Winners (8): 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1997–98, 2003–04

Runners-up (6): 1983–84, 1992–93, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2016–17

• Greek Super Cup

Winners (1): 1986

• FIBA Saporta Cup / EuroCup Basketball

Winners (1): 1992–93

Runners-up (1): 2005–06

• FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)

Winners (1): 1996–97

• FIBA EuroCup Challenge

Winners (1): 2002–03

Volleyball[]

Greek Volleyball League:

• Winners (1): 1996–97
• Runners-up (2): 1993–94, 1995–96,

Greek Super Cup:

• Winners (1): 1996–97

Waterpolo[]

• Greek League
  • Winners (4): 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32
  • Runners-up (1): 1930–31

Weightlifting[]

• 2 Greek championships, Women: 1994, 1995

Ice Hockey[]

• 4 Greek Championships: 1989, 1990, 1991, 2011

Korfball[]

• 1 Greek Championship:2007
• 1 Greek Cup: 2007
• 1 'Beach Korfball Championship: 2008

Ball Hockey[]

• 1 Greek Championship: 2009

Roller Hockey[]

• 1 Greek Championship:2009
• 3 Greek Cups: 2007, 2008, 2009
• 1 Balkan Cup: 2009

Swimming[]

• 1 Greek Championship, Women: 1994

Boxing[]

• 1 Greek Championship, Men: 1972

Athletics[]

• 1 Greek Indoor Championship, Women: 1991
• 1 Greek Cup, Women: 1988
• 2 Greek Cross Country Championship, Women: 1961, 1962

Anthem[]

Emilios Riadis

The hymn of Aris or Aris Niketes (Ares Victorious) is the anthem of the club. It was written in 1926. The lyrics were written by and the music by , son of the famous architect Vitaliano Poselli. The orchestration was made by the famous classic composer Emilios Riadis.

Notable athletes[]

• Football: Nikolaos Aggelakis, , , , , Kleanthis Vikelidis, , , Takis Loukanidis, Alketas Panagoulias, Konstantinos Drampis, Giorgos Zindros, Stelios Papafloratos, Theodoros Pallas, Alekos Alexiadis, Dinos Kouis, Vasilis Dimitriadis, Apostolos Liolidis, Traianos Dellas, Angelos Charisteas, Avraam Papadopoulos, Sergio Koke, Darcy Dolce Neto, Javito, Vangelis Platellas
• Basketball: , Faidon Matthaiou, , Michalis Romanidis, Vangelis Alexandris, Charis Papageorgiou, Nikos Filippou, Stojko Vranković, Vassilis Lipiridis, Lefteris Subotić, Giannis Ioannidis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Nikos Galis, Miroslav Pecarski, Roy Tarpley, Harold Ellis, Walter Berry, José Ortiz, Charles Shackleford, Dinos Angelidis, Panagiotis Liadelis, Giorgos Sigalas, Will Solomon, Nestoras Kommatos, Jeremiah Massey, Bryant Dunston, Kostas Sloukas, Kostas Papanikolaou, Sasha Vezenkov
• Volleyball: Lyubomir Ganev, Plamen Konstantinov, Michalis Alexandropoulos, , Thanassis Moustakidis, , Kostas Prousalis, Nikos Smaragdis, Riley Salmon, Clayton Stanley
• Water polo: , ,

European honours[]

Wrestling Ares, emblem of the club

Notable supporters[]

AC Αris Thessaloniki Presidents[]

Gallery[]

• Football
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  Aris, 1923

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  The team of 1930-31 season

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  The champion team of 1932

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  Nikolaos Aggelakis

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  Alketas Panagoulias

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  Traianos Dellas

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  Angelos Charisteas

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  Héctor Cúper

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  Sergio Koke

• Basketball
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  Faidon Matthaiou, the Patriarch of the Greek basketball

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  Dušan Ivković

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  Vangelis Alexandris

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  Giannis Ioannidis

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  Panagiotis Giannakis

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  Jose Ortiz

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  Kostas Sloukas

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  Kostas Papanikolaou

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  Aleksandar Vezenkov

See also[]

• Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
• Aris B.C.
• Aris Volleyball Club
• Aris Baseball Club
• Aris Water Polo Club

References[]

External links[]

• Official website

Press

• All about Aris (in Greek)

Fans

• Super3 Official website
• Ierolohites Official website
• Official website of "ARIS Members Society"